On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 5:31 AM, G. Milde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 28.02.08, Bob Lounsbury wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 8:51 AM, G. Milde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > the IUPAP recommends italic symbols in formulas also for capital > > > greek letters. > > > > > > I think you just need to go to Document->Settings->Math Options and > > select 'Use AMS math package'. This worked for me and I was able to > > enter \varPhi with no problems. > > I can enter \varPhi and the printout will have a nice italic Phi. > > However, in the LyX GUI, it is a red \varPhi, not a greek letter. > > I know that similar problems with "normal" symbols can be solved by > installing the "latex-xft-fonts" package and was looking for something > similar for kursive capital Greek letters. > > Günter >
I don't think you're missing a package, otherwise the output would not be correct. The issue is an LyX math display one, and this could be some sort of bug or something. Maybe a developer or someone more knowledgeable than me could step in here. I can confirm the LyX gui behavior, IF, I start a document and insert the \varPhi then it shows as a red varPhi. However, if I start a new document and before entering the symbol I change the math option then everything is displayed correctly. My recommendation in the short term, that worked in my example, was to copy everything to a NEW document with the math option already set. In this case the red varPhi's changed to the correct symbol in the LyX GUI. This could be a small bug and you may want to post this to the developers list. Cheers, /Bob
